# Deploy labels/tags/meta configuration only

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/deploy-labels-tags-meta-configuration-only/10399>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** metadata, bigquery, dbt-core\
**Created:** [October 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/deploy-labels-tags-meta-configuration-only/10399 "2023-10-18T14:49:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lpezet-restore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lpezet-restore](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/lpezet-restore)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/deploy-labels-tags-meta-configuration-only/10399/1 "2023-10-18T14:49:25Z")

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## The problem I’m having

Working on data classification, I need to specify labels for BigQuery so the classification metadata makes its way to BigQuery tables and views (like level=CONFIDENTIAL, contains\_pii=yes, etc. as mentioned in [BigQuery configurations | dbt Developer Hub](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/resource-configs/bigquery-configs#specifying-labels)).

Is there a way to ONLY run that part and NOTHING ELSE?  
i.e. not re-generate/update models, just the tags/labels/metadata stuff.  
I’d like to run it from cli like:

```auto
dbt run-operation ...

```

## What I’ve already tried

I can see where labels are taken into account in `dbt-bigquery`, from **get\_common\_options** (can’t put more than 2 links…) to the marco **bigquery\_\_create\_table\_as** (can’t put more than 2 links…), and I’m guessing `dbt-core` will use it in [get\_create\_table\_as](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/efa6339e1804e07f7f47aebccb46492fd897f7f5/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/relations/create.sql#L13), but I don’t see which macro to call to only run that part.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![moseleyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@moseleyi](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/moseleyi)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/deploy-labels-tags-meta-configuration-only/10399/2 "2024-02-06T16:06:47Z")

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Updating metadata only would be fantastic!